The Value of Alarm Features in Identifying Organic Causes of Dyspepsia
The unaided clinical diagnosis of dyspepsia is of limited value in separating functional dyspepsia from clinically relevant organic causes of dyspepsia (gastric and esophageal malignancies, peptic ulcer disease and complicated esophagitis). The identification of one or more alarm features, such as w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2000-01-01
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| Series: | Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/783950 |